Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Today the U. S. has but 80,000 tons ol such cruisers, of which only 20,000 tons, or. two cruisers, are in commission. At the prospect of building 100,000 more tons, that is, of more than doubling the U. S. large cruiser fleet, honest workmen rejoiced in shipyard cities throughout...
Cruiser Parity. As Delegate-Senator Robinson (Dem.) pointed out by radio from London last week, Britain has laid down so many more war boats than the U S since the War that, even though the construction soon to begin will more than double the U. S. large-cruiser fleet, this will mean not superiority but mere catching up to "parity" with Britain...
Thus, with prejudice and the precedent of failure to overcome, the authors of "Magazine Article Writing" deserve extra congratulations for the work they have turned out. They both either lecture or teach at Columbia University, yet manage to keep their ears very close to Fleet Street. They get down to brass tacks at the outset, and keep themselves right at work in a businesslike, lucid manner, until they have led the reader through the various processes of article writing, recognizing and planning material, writing, and getting the work printed. There are chapters on various types of articles, interviews, biography, book...
...combination of endurance and reliability with speed. Lack of funds has been a constant handicap. The Navy's request for $3,000,000 to carry on aircraft development has been cut down to $2,000,000 per year for three successive years. In 1929 the Navy's air fleet was given $32,089,000. This year it was cut to $31,430,000. For next year the service has asked...
...importance of air control in naval combat was last month clearly emphasized in the fleet's maneuvers off Haiti (TIME, March 24). Umpire of that theoretical conflict was Rear Admiral Thomas Pickett Magruder, whose criticisms of the Navy put him on the "waiting orders" list for months (TIME, Oct. 3, 1927). Scouting planes from the Lexington located the Saratoga and Langley just after daybreak while their flight decks were filled with aircraft. Admiral Magruder ruled that the Lexington planes damaged the Saratoga's flight deck which was later destroyed by bombers from the Lexington. Likewise the Langley...